A Chinese court has sentenced a man to death with a two-year reprieve after he deliberately drove his car into a crowd in front of a primary school in Changde, Hunan province (South-Central China), on November 19, injuring 30 people, including 18 schoolchildren, according to media reports.
The car of the convicted man, identified as Huang Wen, broke down after the attack. We left the vehicle armed and assaulted passersby before being apprehended, according to state broadcaster “CCTV.”
The court stated that the accused acted to “vent personal emotions” related to financial losses and family disputes, CCTV added.
In China, a death sentence with a two-year reprieve means the person receives the death penalty with a 2 year suspension before the execution which is often commuted to life imprisonment.
The Changde attack is part of a series of violent incidents that occurred in China last month.
A deadly car-ramming attack in Zhuhai (Guangdong, southern China) left 35 people dead and about 40 injured, on November 11.
A few days later, on November 16, eight people were killed and 17 injured in a knife attack at a vocational school in Yixing, Jiangsu province (eastern China).